Why Latino Voters Backed Trump - Then Mamdani (NOT What You Think) | Mike Madrid - EP47

The same young Latino voters who swung to Donald Trump in 2024 just handed New York to Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani - and no, they haven't changed their minds about anything. Strategist Mike Madrid explains why the fastest-growing bloc in American politics is walking out on both parties at once. Madrid - author of The Latino Century - joins the show to blow up the way both parties read the Latino vote. His case: what looks like voters lurching right, then left, then right again is actually a dealignment - a conscious rejection of the entire two-party system, driven by class and generation far more than ethnicity. The crew digs into California's Latino turnout surge behind Becerra, why New York's closed primaries produced a dismal 9% turnout, and what really went down at the first-ever National Latino Summit in D.C. Stick around for his blunt advice on how voters can break the cycle of partisanship. 🎙️ The Independent Voter Podcast now has its own YouTube channel! If you enjoy these conversations, subscribe to our dedicated channel for full episodes, interviews, and future content:    / @independentvoterpodcast   Listen to more episodes and read in-depth coverage at: https://ivn.us https://independentvoterproject.org Follow and subscribe on audio platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vnqtqj... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Chapters: 00:00:00 – The Latino Vote: America's Most Misunderstood Bloc 00:01:04 – Dealignment, Not Realignment: Leaving Both Parties 00:03:00 – It's Not Ethnic — Latinos Vote Their Class 00:04:44 – The Turnout Story: California Surges, New York Flatlines 00:09:32 – Inside the First-Ever National Latino Summit 00:13:24 – Conscious Disaffiliation and the Under-30 Surge 00:16:24 – Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Starving Voters 00:18:06 – Are Latinos Really Going Socialist? 00:20:22 – Adams to Trump to Mamdani in Four Years 00:23:24 – The Fix Nobody Wants to Hear: Leave Your Party 00:30:04 – The Voting-Rights Case Headed to Court 00:34:06 – Mike's Book, Substack, and Where to Follow #IndependentVoter #MikeMadrid #LatinoVote